“The muddy, impure world, so undiscriminating,
Seeks always to hide beauty, out of jealousy.”

— Qu Yuan

Source: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 107

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ancient Chinese poet -343–-278 BC

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